{"id":10802,"date":"2019-02-19T11:46:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T16:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-first-extends-reach-across-cee\/"},"modified":"2019-02-19T11:47:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T16:47:04","slug":"bbc-first-extends-its-reach-across-cee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-first-extends-its-reach-across-cee\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC First Extends Its Reach Across CEE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios is growing the footprint of BBC First across CEE, with the channel launching for the first time in Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia on April 1.<\/p>\n<p>The channel will be available through A1 Croatia, A1 Slovenia and one.Vip in Macedonia. BBC First will be offered to subscribers of A1\u2019s pay-TV service and Xplore TV OTT service with programming fully subtitled in Croatian, Slovenian and Macedonian.<\/p>\n<p>The channel debuted successfully in Poland last October. BBC First is also available in Australia, Asia, South Africa, the Benelux and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Salim Mukaddam, VP and general manager of CEE at BBC Studios, said: \u201cBritish drama has seen a surge in popularity in recent years, owing to its original storytelling and outstanding talent on- and off-screen. BBC First is uniquely placed in the market as the destination for viewers seeking out this world-class, yet uniquely British drama series, all in one place. I am looking forward to bringing it to more homes across CEE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see content and entertainment as a critical element of our multi-screen customer experience and it\u2019s in the core of transforming our offerings from connectivity into personal experiences,\u201d added Gernot Rasch, director of marketing and operations at A1 Telekom Austria Group. \u201cThus we are particularly happy and proud to be the first one in our markets to offer our customers BBC First and its exquisite stories and plots.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios is growing the reach of BBC First across CEE, with the channel launching for the first time in Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia on April 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":10803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[78,1138],"class_list":["post-10802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-first","tag-bbc-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC First Extends Its Reach Across CEE - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-first-extends-its-reach-across-cee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC First Extends Its Reach Across CEE - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC Studios is growing the reach of BBC First across CEE, with the channel launching for the first time in Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia on April 1.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-first-extends-its-reach-across-cee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-19T16:46:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-02-19T16:47:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/Luther-BBCFirst-116-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-first-extends-its-reach-across-cee\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-first-extends-its-reach-across-cee\/\",\"name\":\"BBC First Extends Its Reach Across CEE - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-19T16:46:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-19T16:47:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-first-extends-its-reach-across-cee\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-first-extends-its-reach-across-cee\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-first-extends-its-reach-across-cee\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC First Extends Its Reach Across CEE\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\",\"name\":\"Alison Skilton\",\"description\":\"Alison Skilton is an associate editor of World Screen. 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